OrdIowPitMsp Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Low of -18 again in the city. UHI flexed it’s muscles as New Richmond WI 40 miles east got down to -35 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 -6 here this morning. Cherokee Iowa got all the way down to -30. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 1 hour ago, OrdIowPitMsp said: Low of -18 again in the city. UHI flexed it’s muscles as New Richmond WI 40 miles east got down to -35 Wow. Dropped to -3 here with 1-2” of fluff overnight. This overall set-up is fairly typical of arctic outbreaks. At the beginning of the outbreak, it’s more advection driven...then towards the end the radiators win out. A -35 temp at 45N in mid February is extremely impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 Some MN temps this morning: INL -39 (dropped from -9 at 4PM, to -31 by 9PM) Hibbing -38 Bemidji -37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Our streak below zero appears to have ended as the temperature has risen to 0. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 finally popped above 0 here. Between 8 pm Friday and 3 pm Monday we only had 1 hour above 0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 After some rough weather with the brutal cold, one more nasty morning before the uphill climb starts tomorrow afternoon. That's ENOUGH!! LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Ice compare for western Lake Superior. Feb 7 & 15. Didn't take long. And BTW, a bunch of fisherman needed rescue off the Duluth shore as the ice broke off and drifted NE. Caught them off guard. LOL And they have to pay for it, too. MN law went into effect back in the 90's because this happened so much. Costs a few bucks for the rescue squad to do it's job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 May need to double-check the #'s...but Dallas's high temp today (14) was colder than the old daily record low (15) set in 1909. Normals are 60/39. Even more impressive, OKC's high temp today was 4. Old record low was 7 set in 1909. Normals are 55/33. This is incredible for stations with a POR > 100 years. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 19 minutes ago, beavis1729 said: May need to double-check the #'s...but Dallas's high temp today (14) was colder than the old daily record low (15) set in 1909. Normals are 60/39. That's true. And low max record was 31 in 1909. If 14 is official, then that's 2nd coldest max in Feb with 12 on 2/12/1899 being 1st. Smashed!! It would be tied for 3rd for low max in the entire record. 12 (2/12/1899), 13 (12/24/1983), 14 (12/22/1989) Edit: The morning low tomorrow looks to be top 5 or even 3 for the entire record. Awesome cold. Bet they are freaking out down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 It's already down to -26 out at Le Mars Iowa. Brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Record low max temp was broken at ORD yesterday (Sun, Feb 14th). High temp of 4 broke the previous record of 8 (1943). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Got down to -15 here last night. Temps already torching up to -6 here. Won’t be long until we are above zero for the first time in almost a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 Nearly historic cold in NE, KS, OK, TX, AR, LA, MS, AL (EDITED 2/17/21 to correct some temps and add some commentary) Lincoln NE -31 (49 degrees below normal, 2nd coldest temp since records began in 1887...-33 on 1/12/1974) Sioux City IA -28 Concordia KS -22 Manhattan KS -20 Fayetteville AR -20 Wichita KS -16 Topeka KS -16 Oklahoma City OK -14 (coldest since 2/12/1899) Tulsa OK -13 (close to all-time low of -17) Amarillo TX -11 Wichita Falls TX -8 Tyler TX -6 (new all-time low) Longview TX -5 (new all-time low) Dallas TX -2 Shreveport, LA 1 Memphis, TN 1 Austin TX 8 San Antonio TX 9 Houston TX 13 Baton Rouge LA 20 Galveston TX 20 Mobile AL 20 McAllen TX 22 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snownado Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 7 minutes ago, beavis1729 said: Nearly historic cold in OK, KS, TX, LA... Concordia KS -22 Manhattan KS -20 Wichita KS -16 Tulsa OK -13 (close to all-time low of -17) Oklahoma City, OK -12 Amarillo TX -11 Tyler TX -6 (new all-time low) Longview TX -5 (new all-time low) Dallas TX -1 Shreveport, LA 1 Austin TX 8 San Antonio TX 9 Houston TX 13 Baton Rouge LA 20 Galveston TX 20 McAllen TX 22 You didn't list Fayetteville, AR but they were at -20 this morning. Also, Jim Cantore said DFW was -2, not -1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoboy645 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Thanks to this cold wave. Madison is averaging all of 3.7 for the month. That is a -20 departure. Even if we warm up significantly the 2nd half of the month we are almost 100% below average for this month. There is a very good chance of being colder then February 2015 for average when it's all set and done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 3 hours ago, Snownado said: You didn't list Fayetteville, AR but they were at -20 this morning. Also, Jim Cantore said DFW was -2, not -1. Thanks for the corrections...was going off hourly obs for the most part, so some places may have dropped a bit lower intra-hour. Looks like the -20 in Fayetteville is a new all-time record (old record -18). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 11 degrees under full sun this afternoon. Feels comfortable outdoors. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalfy Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 ^LOL, I can imagine after what you guys have been through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalfy Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Very nice discussion by STL crew regarding the final days of the arctic air mass: .LONG TERM... (Thursday through Monday) Issued at 426 AM CST Tue Feb 16 2021 Deterministic guidance is now in good agreement for Thursday. Where in past runs there were a range of solutions, some producing another significant snow storm for the area, the latest GFS and ECMWF both keep the entire area dry on Thursday as the trough aloft continues to dig into the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in low level cyclogenesis along the coast. The Mid Mississippi Valley is too far back into the cold/dry Arctic air on Thursday. Even the GEFS >0.01 QPF probability map has only 10-20% over our far southern counties, and the more likely chances down across the Bootheel. I did leave some token slight chance PoPs in for parts of the area on Thursday to cover those very low chances in the ensemble, but if the trend continues we`ll be able to pull those by this afternoon. The remainder of the forecast will be characterized by a warming trend into the weekend and early next week as the upper level pattern shifts. The persistent eddy in the northern stream that`s been hanging over the CONUS and keeping us locked in such a cold surface pattern over the past week will finally fill in and move east. This pattern shift will finally shut the door to the Arctic which had been left standing open since February 6th and temperatures will begin warming back toward normal. The snow pack will slow our moderation down somewhat, and it`s unlikely highs will get above freezing until at least Saturday. However, by Monday it could be a balmy mid to upper 40s across the area. Carney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 walked outside in a t shirt and full sun and 16 felt alright 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 In the teens here in the Northland. WOO HOO! Furnace is getting a little reprieve from the 10 min kick-ins over the past 10 days. Looks like a similar setup to 1989 depending on anomalies for the rest of the month, especially in the West. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Per the NWS at MSP: 281 consecutive hours with a windchill of zero or below. 2/4-2/16 116 consecutive hours with an air temperature of zero or below. 2/11-2/16 225 cumulative hours spent below zero in February so far. (Most since 1936) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Should get down under -10 tonight, and that will make tomorrow the 12th day in a row with a subzero reading. There's a chance we can add 3 more days to that streak if things work out Thu-Sat. Tomorrow night and Thu night are currently expected to barely stay above zero. Mean temp so far for Feb is a bone chilling 6.6°! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 2 hours ago, OrdIowPitMsp said: Per the NWS at MSP: 281 consecutive hours with a windchill of zero or below. 2/4-2/16 116 consecutive hours with an air temperature of zero or below. 2/11-2/16 225 cumulative hours spent below zero in February so far. (Most since 1936) Feb 1936 was a rough one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Radiating very well tonight. Down to -5 already 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Down to -10. HRRR showed -20 in earlier runs, but has backed off some on newer runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 ^Why did you send it this way? We were supposed to be 0, it's freakin -9. Y'all can keep that stuff, just send me more of your snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 4 hours ago, madwx said: Radiating very well tonight. Down to -5 already Thought we were supposed to be on the upswing by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Friday night could be off to the races too in favored spots if skies are clear enough. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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